ἀηδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet, pleasant”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɛː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.e̝ˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈðis/
Adjective
ᾰ̓ηδής • (ăēdḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ηδές); third declension
- unpleasant
- distasteful, disgusting
- (of persons) disagreeable
- (as adverb) unwillingly
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓ηδής ăēdḗs |
ᾰ̓ηδές ăēdés |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖς ăēdeîs |
ᾰ̓ηδῆ ăēdê | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓ηδοῦς ăēdoûs |
ᾰ̓ηδοῦς ăēdoûs |
ᾰ̓ηδοῖν ăēdoîn |
ᾰ̓ηδοῖν ăēdoîn |
ᾰ̓ηδῶν ăēdôn |
ᾰ̓ηδῶν ăēdôn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδοῖν ăēdoîn |
ᾰ̓ηδοῖν ăēdoîn |
ᾰ̓ηδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ηδέσῐν ăēdésĭ(n) |
ᾰ̓ηδέσῐ / ᾰ̓ηδέσῐν ăēdésĭ(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓ηδῆ ăēdê |
ᾰ̓ηδές ăēdés |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖς ăēdeîs |
ᾰ̓ηδῆ ăēdê | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ηδές ăēdés |
ᾰ̓ηδές ăēdés |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖ ăēdeî |
ᾰ̓ηδεῖς ăēdeîs |
ᾰ̓ηδῆ ăēdê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓ηδῶς ăēdôs |
ᾰ̓ηδέστερος ăēdésteros |
ᾰ̓ηδέστᾰτος ăēdéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀηδέω (aēdéō)
- ἀηδία (aēdía)
References
- “ἀηδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀηδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀηδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀηδής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)